Improving Precision and Accuracy of Isotope Ratios from Short Transient Laser Ablation-Multicollector-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Signals: Application to Micrometer-Size Uranium Particles

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (8) ◽  
pp. 4375-4382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fanny Claverie ◽  
Amélie Hubert ◽  
Sylvain Berail ◽  
Ariane Donard ◽  
Fabien Pointurier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Isotope Ratios ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Plasma Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Precision And Accuracy ◽  
Micrometer Size

scholarly journals Accurate measurement of uranium isotope ratios in solid samples by laser ablation multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1076-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Varga ◽  
M. Krachler ◽  
A. Nicholl ◽  
M. Ernstberger ◽  
T. Wiss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Certified Reference Materials ◽  
Isotope Ratios ◽  
Uranium Isotope ◽  
Solid Samples ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Icp Ms ◽  
Plasma Mass Spectrometry

A multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) coupled to a 213 nm ns-laser was used to measure uranium isotope ratios (234U/238U, 235U/238U, and 236U/238U) in six solid nuclear certified reference materials (CRMs).

In situ analysis of trace elements and isotope ratios in fish otoliths using laser ablation sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1232-1242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon R Thorrold ◽  
Stephen Shuttleworth
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Laser Ablation ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Isotope Ratios ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Icp Ms ◽  
Pamlico Sound ◽  
Plasma Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Fish Otoliths

We applied laser ablation sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SF-ICP-MS) to the analysis of trace element and isotopic signatures in fish otoliths. Manganese, Sr, and Ba profiles across juvenile Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) otoliths, expressed as ratios to Ca, showed considerable spatial and temporal variations that were presumably reflective of variations in water chemistry over the same scales. Differences in otolith Mn:Ca ratios between adjacent rivers in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, may be related to dissolved oxygen levels in the rivers through reductive release of Mn2+ from sediments. Strontium and Ba profiles appeared to accurately reflect differences in dissolved Sr and Ba in freshwater end-members, both between Pamlico Sound and Chesapeake Bay and between seasons within Chesapeake Bay. High-precision analyses of Sr:Ca ratios in a black drum (Pogonias cromis) otolith showed distinctive quasi-sinusoidal cycles that were correlated with validated annual bands. Analyses of Sr and Pb isotopes, in otoliths and standard reference material, respectively, found that SF-ICP-MS produced accurate and precise estimates of isotope ratios in both solution-based and laser ablation assays.

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